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ceiling, they will both be in session. the house returned at noon eastern. the first roll call votes are expected after 6:30 p.m., and the senate is in at 2:00 issue -- eastern and they will take up two judicial nominations. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span2 , or online at www.c-span.org. >> we want to know how the government shutdown is affecting you. >> make your short video message about the shutdown and upload it from your mobile device. see what others are telling about. -- touring about. >> this week, part two of our discussion with the former chief of staff, talking about his duties during the george w. bush administration. >> in this second part of our discussion about your time as chief of staff of the white house, start off by giving us what you saw with the press in the media. how did you view them? >> usually, with some hostility. that is the natural state of affairs between the white house and the press corps because -- because that is the nature of what the press needs to do. t
ceiling, they will both be in session. the house returned at noon eastern. the first roll call votes are expected after 6:30 p.m., and the senate is in at 2:00 issue -- eastern and they will take up two judicial nominations. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span2 , or online at www.c-span.org. >> we want to know how the government shutdown is affecting you. >> make your short video message about the shutdown and upload it from your mobile device. see what...
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ceiling issue even if annual debt de faults where the u.s. stops paying big creditors like china interest on the debt even if that is extremely unlikely because so much tax revenue would still continue to pour into washington where they have the debt ceiling or not. >>> big brother is watching, but it is not just the federal government. the state of virginia has been quietly collecting driver's information there to create a data base of the residents using dmz records it hadz socome pile millions of records. the more than $4 million system will help agencies uncover fraud. >> in washington, d.c. there's the truckers ride for the constitution. it is expecteded to tie up 3 lanes of traffic along i 495 around the nation's capital with trucks driving at 55 miles per hour. many say they are enrageed by the low wages the government shut down and the debt ceiling up to 3,000 truckers are expected to take part. >> the tv legend let's the ballroom decide. >> the couple leaving right now is. >> valerie and tristen. >> the third person to be voted off t
ceiling issue even if annual debt de faults where the u.s. stops paying big creditors like china interest on the debt even if that is extremely unlikely because so much tax revenue would still continue to pour into washington where they have the debt ceiling or not. >>> big brother is watching, but it is not just the federal government. the state of virginia has been quietly collecting driver's information there to create a data base of the residents using dmz records it hadz socome...
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the ongoing shutdown and the threat of in deal on the debt ceiling issue is not calming any nerves there. asian markets were weaker overnight on worries about those issues as well. >>> good news about gas prices. they're still falling. aaa says the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $3.35 a gallon, down fife cents from last week. credit goes to refiners passing on lower crude oil prices. >>> and there are new questions about am's next generation ipad. the tech giant will introduce the ipad 5 at the end of the month. but the new ipad miniwi will no be else willed until next year. >>> the company that tracks tv ratings is set to monitor social media. nielsen will talk about twitter posts about tv series. they will measure all twitter activity about television and its influence on how many people watch a particular show. >>> millions of americans blasted off to watch the sandra bullock/george clooney space drama jt gravity." it hit an october record, $55.6 million to open. it was first to a second place qup cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2." >> come on, let's get it
the ongoing shutdown and the threat of in deal on the debt ceiling issue is not calming any nerves there. asian markets were weaker overnight on worries about those issues as well. >>> good news about gas prices. they're still falling. aaa says the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $3.35 a gallon, down fife cents from last week. credit goes to refiners passing on lower crude oil prices. >>> and there are new questions about am's next generation ipad. the...
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. >> looking forward for the debt ceiling issue. >> it would be my hope. >> also on capitol hill today was al jazeera correspondent. today, you made a bouncing pack and fort pulling all these things in the last few days. is there any sign that there could be a compromise reached on the shut down. >> it's not apparent. >> we'll have a short-term extension, probably not. there will be another grand argument or the end of last week. tphop how, no way that's going to happen. >> john boehner doesn't have a leeway. what you see happening is the shut down which a lot of people, including myself, thought that it's couple of days and everything would be horrible and we had to replay at 95 and have so much presure on republicans that they would cave. >> they would have to cave. >> so what you have now is nothing in to the debt ceiling which is just ten days away. >> why does it look so bad and why doesn't it look so bad. why isn't there that much pressure to move this somehow? >> first of all, i don't think you have people feeling that amount of personal pain. >> outside the belt way, yes. >> yo
. >> looking forward for the debt ceiling issue. >> it would be my hope. >> also on capitol hill today was al jazeera correspondent. today, you made a bouncing pack and fort pulling all these things in the last few days. is there any sign that there could be a compromise reached on the shut down. >> it's not apparent. >> we'll have a short-term extension, probably not. there will be another grand argument or the end of last week. tphop how, no way that's going to...
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the debt ceiling. and these automatic spending cuts that take hold at the beginning of march. they want to use these opportunities. they don't think it's so bad to shut down the government or to default on the debt. they are even skeptical of the administration's estimates of when that will happen. so they see themselves really having very little leverage besides doing something which a lot of americans would consider extreme which is defaulting on the debt or shutting down the government. now i think it's virtually impossible that speaker john boehner will raise the debt ceiling without commensurate spending cuts. he's way too far out on a limb on that prospect. so it's going to be one of these huge battles its going to be something where one side has to blink first or the issues have to kind of meld together in a way that speaker boehner or president obama has a fig leaf in order to get this done. >> woodruff: jake, what about the president's argument today? he said this several times. he said this is not about we're doing the debt ceiling in order to authorize more spending
the debt ceiling. and these automatic spending cuts that take hold at the beginning of march. they want to use these opportunities. they don't think it's so bad to shut down the government or to default on the debt. they are even skeptical of the administration's estimates of when that will happen. so they see themselves really having very little leverage besides doing something which a lot of americans would consider extreme which is defaulting on the debt or shutting down the government. now...
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let's move on to real issues and talk about the debt ceiling issue as well. >> you talked about accountability. is it possible that boehner is saying, look, i don't want everyone to show up. if they do, the president can say hey, everybody, let's take a quick vote right now. who is for stopping this shutdown and then there you have it? it's a done deal. >> you couldn't really do that in the chamber. it would be unofficial. >> at least we get an idea where everyone stands. >> they want to be with one voice. the more people in the room, the last chance of speaking with one voice. i think that's more it. you don't want any dissension. that's our problem now. the o two sides don't have any commonality. two different armies almost. >>> a lot of politics are going to take a hit because of this. we look at the latest polls, the favorability rating for the gop is the lowest on record. so is this political suicide for some politicians if they don't get their acts together and stop this shutdown? >> there's a major election coming up this november, i'd say yes. but there's enough time -- >> you think pe
let's move on to real issues and talk about the debt ceiling issue as well. >> you talked about accountability. is it possible that boehner is saying, look, i don't want everyone to show up. if they do, the president can say hey, everybody, let's take a quick vote right now. who is for stopping this shutdown and then there you have it? it's a done deal. >> you couldn't really do that in the chamber. it would be unofficial. >> at least we get an idea where everyone stands....
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it is an interesting question because the debt ceiling issue is of little ambiguous talking about the lame-duck status ramped up in april pushing for gun-control. of the debt ceiling, we will put it over here. now the pu for a good control fails, a gun-control is not helping the of president. his persistence isn't lping him but definitely a laid-back with gun-control and now the legislation still alive but notow he envisioned with immigration and now the house goes with a very intelligent approach to immigration reform incrementay, focusing on security and they are making certai tere is a path to legalization it puts those behind who have the lawful process to have a expedited path to citizenship most say the reason iis still tickingecause the president has chosen not to meddle. immigration, witho a question up next come monday sequester that it coinues to complain about criticizing sequester. calling it a at cleaver it was his administration's idea and his white house idea if he has not engaged house republicans on the ise nor persuaded anyone and also by the way the president who si
it is an interesting question because the debt ceiling issue is of little ambiguous talking about the lame-duck status ramped up in april pushing for gun-control. of the debt ceiling, we will put it over here. now the pu for a good control fails, a gun-control is not helping the of president. his persistence isn't lping him but definitely a laid-back with gun-control and now the legislation still alive but notow he envisioned with immigration and now the house goes with a very intelligent...
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. >> now there is a separate issue of raising the debt ceiling limit. they are opposed to another increase. they called house republican speaker john boehner last night and say the limit needs to go up and he, obama, was not going to negotiate over that. greg? >> i talked to three pros on capitol hill yesterday. they said, look, this is just a charade. really it is to get to mid-october for the second deadline on the debt ceiling. instead of de fund, it is going to be delayed and that all of this is nothing more than political mummary. what do you think. >> that's how things work. it is going to the brink and then pulling back. we feed on it in washington and you are probably right. that's what we will see all fall long. funding or de funding obamacare and it will fall mont. >> thank you look up the definition of a peric, it means a short-term win and a long-term loss. that could be what the republicans are looking at. molly, thanks very much. art? what do you think? you have the look on your face. >> i do. i will move on. let's stick to the script. pre
. >> now there is a separate issue of raising the debt ceiling limit. they are opposed to another increase. they called house republican speaker john boehner last night and say the limit needs to go up and he, obama, was not going to negotiate over that. greg? >> i talked to three pros on capitol hill yesterday. they said, look, this is just a charade. really it is to get to mid-october for the second deadline on the debt ceiling. instead of de fund, it is going to be delayed and...
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ceiling issue in the summer of 2011 or now the fiscal clift a crisis of last month, government shutdowns. we are seeing more and more partisan entrenchment, and therefore, last-minute deals that do not seem to solve problems. that is a frustration that everybody shares. in the sense that we are dancing very close to the edge of allowing drastic about things to happen because of that. there's a frustration that spans all generations. host: to find out more about the survey from the pure research center, they have it on line. we have included a link to it. thanks for your time. >> in about 40 minutes, afghan president ahmed karzai will speak at georgetown university. you can watch these comments at about 5:30 p.m. eastern on c- span. now we will show you the press conference. the two leaders discussed the progress of the war and the planned withdrawal of troops from afghanistan next year. this is about 40 minutes. [indiscernible] >> good afternoon, everybody. >> it is my pleasure to welcome president karzai back to the white house as well as his delegation. we last saw each other during th
ceiling issue in the summer of 2011 or now the fiscal clift a crisis of last month, government shutdowns. we are seeing more and more partisan entrenchment, and therefore, last-minute deals that do not seem to solve problems. that is a frustration that everybody shares. in the sense that we are dancing very close to the edge of allowing drastic about things to happen because of that. there's a frustration that spans all generations. host: to find out more about the survey from the pure research...
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we're in, shutdown mode, fastly and quickly approaching the debt ceiling issue on the 17th. speaker boehner was reluctant to say he wants to play with this, the default issue, at least yesterday, appearing with george stephanopoulos. it doesn't seem as if he's talking that way but everybody is pushing him that way. >> reporter: john boehner's -- if you take the republican party into two and have the tea party red blooded meat crowd and country club free market crowd, he's a part of the latter. plastics company from ohio, millionaire that lives on a golf course. he doesn't want to see the united states default on its debt. that's a lot of folks i'm sure close to him have called and said not to let it happen. a lot of concern among the establishment and those folks on wall street about house republicans playing with the debt limit idea. the problem is as we said all along, there's a group that doesn't want to see that go up. but everyone thinkds that john boehner would never in a million years let the united states default. you've seen goldman sachs, which i'm sure you saw whe
we're in, shutdown mode, fastly and quickly approaching the debt ceiling issue on the 17th. speaker boehner was reluctant to say he wants to play with this, the default issue, at least yesterday, appearing with george stephanopoulos. it doesn't seem as if he's talking that way but everybody is pushing him that way. >> reporter: john boehner's -- if you take the republican party into two and have the tea party red blooded meat crowd and country club free market crowd, he's a part of the...
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and i'm trying to separate the issues of the debt ceiling and the larger fiscal questions. >> i have to ask you about the irs. many americans were stunned to discover that the irs seemed to be targeting groups for political reasons. do you believe that that was a real problem, and has it been cleared up? >> well, fareed, i think it's now been pretty clearly established that the irs in its implementation of the tax-exempt program was making lists and scrutinizing not just one side but both sides of the political ledger. they were trying to implement the program to determine whether or not there was political activity. i've said many times that they exercised bad judgment and the criteria they used in terms of identifying institutions. but i think it's been carrily established that it was not politically motivated, that it was -- it was bad judgment. and when we appointed an acting commissioner of the irs, i gave them three tasks. one was to take action where individuals needed to be held accountable. he's done that. to identify the process problems in this tax-exempt program and fix i
and i'm trying to separate the issues of the debt ceiling and the larger fiscal questions. >> i have to ask you about the irs. many americans were stunned to discover that the irs seemed to be targeting groups for political reasons. do you believe that that was a real problem, and has it been cleared up? >> well, fareed, i think it's now been pretty clearly established that the irs in its implementation of the tax-exempt program was making lists and scrutinizing not just one side...
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the debt ceiling is by far the greater issue. they are going to have to get something on the table by wednesday because if they pass something in the senate, it will have to go to the house. if the house and it, it will have to go back to the senate. you have to have something in writing by wednesday at the latest, tom. >> they have a lot of work ahead. in fact, that poll you referenced, 60% of americans say they would vote every one out of congress but let's talk about the bottom line here. what will happen if the budget issues are not resolved by the default deadline, october 17th. >> the government shut doyne, ongoing, the greater issue is debt ceiling which needs to be raised. if it's not raised, the government simply runs out of money and we have jack lew, the treasury secretary saying at the back end of last weekly, if you don't do this we will have $30,000,000,000 in the pot. that's not enough to run the government. no congress has ever failed to raise the debt ceiling. now, some politicians feel if the debt ceiling isn't
the debt ceiling is by far the greater issue. they are going to have to get something on the table by wednesday because if they pass something in the senate, it will have to go to the house. if the house and it, it will have to go back to the senate. you have to have something in writing by wednesday at the latest, tom. >> they have a lot of work ahead. in fact, that poll you referenced, 60% of americans say they would vote every one out of congress but let's talk about the bottom line...
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on the debt ceiling issue, rarely do you get a clean debt ceiling. the president has to deal on that and they node to talk and figure out what to do. >> does boehner figure out what he wants. that keeps changing. >> if you talk not in public, you don't announce meetings and you go back and forth. i think there will be enough frustrated republicans at this point that you will be able to get something on the floor and think that boehner will put something on the floor at that point and not worry about what majority said. >> you cared about the deficit and you know what to negotiate on which is the debt ceiling. this document should be about the budget and the republicans are not putting anything out there. >> they have not gotten how much they want the debt limit raised. they have not done it that way before there was a specific amount. one would presume boehner wants the debt limit raised before 2014. he now in the same way that the president wanted that went past november 2012. putting out a number if he had a specific number in mind, that you negoti
on the debt ceiling issue, rarely do you get a clean debt ceiling. the president has to deal on that and they node to talk and figure out what to do. >> does boehner figure out what he wants. that keeps changing. >> if you talk not in public, you don't announce meetings and you go back and forth. i think there will be enough frustrated republicans at this point that you will be able to get something on the floor and think that boehner will put something on the floor at that point...
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they are watching the clock, because we are getting closer to that deadline of that debt ceiling issue. all right, we appreciate it, let's turn to our white house correspondent, how is the white house reacting to the house republicans manage? things are still fluid. they are in that big white building behind me, in the oval office waythe president of the united states. they are hashing out their strategy. so much has gone on today. part of it repealing that medical device tax. that fell right behind closed doors the two hour meeting behind closed doors and so basically everybody is standing back and waiting to see what house republicans if they can come up with something, when they can come up with something, because the senate plan looks like the thing that is going to come and save the day. the white house will put out a decree they are not going to go fur it, and then we are right back at plan b, if the senate has the plan, will ted cruz talking about them a moment ago, will standup will they throw a roadblock, will they take us past midnight tomorrow and into possible default terri
they are watching the clock, because we are getting closer to that deadline of that debt ceiling issue. all right, we appreciate it, let's turn to our white house correspondent, how is the white house reacting to the house republicans manage? things are still fluid. they are in that big white building behind me, in the oval office waythe president of the united states. they are hashing out their strategy. so much has gone on today. part of it repealing that medical device tax. that fell right...
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you've got the debt ceiling issue and the house doesn't want us to have a default on the debt. i think the speaker's has been very clear about that. you've got the continuing resolution that deals with the partial government shutdown. as i said, 83% of the federal government is open. do you think it is good to be out here borrowing $2 billion a day? >> keeping the debt ceiling down the road six weeks -- >> china, japan, opec, out here holding our debt? you know, what we have to do is get the spending under control. we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending and priority problem. and what we in the house are saying is, look, the house controls the purse strings. you have to put these issues on the table. you cannot let the out of control spending continue. you cannot let this out of control borrowing $2 billion a day, you cannot continue to do that. >> and so essentially, you're standing by the house republican plan which doesn't reopen the government necessarily and -- it does kick the can down the debt ceiling debate will continue six weeks later. >> no, it doesn't ki
you've got the debt ceiling issue and the house doesn't want us to have a default on the debt. i think the speaker's has been very clear about that. you've got the continuing resolution that deals with the partial government shutdown. as i said, 83% of the federal government is open. do you think it is good to be out here borrowing $2 billion a day? >> keeping the debt ceiling down the road six weeks -- >> china, japan, opec, out here holding our debt? you know, what we have to do...
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because the debt ceiling issue is a lite ambiguous. talk of the president's lame duck status ramped up in april, when it's bush for gun control and it failed. so the debt ceiling, 'll put this over here. i think it still makeshim relevant. the push for gun control failed, so gun control, this isn't helping the president in his persisnce isn't helping him. gun control is definitely a la duck. immigration reform, the legislation is still alive but not in the form he envisioned. the llgislation is dead on arrivaat the house. i think an intelligent approach to immigration reform, they're doing it incrementally, focusing on security and making certain that there is a path to legalization. it is one that puts those illegal immigrants behind those who have followed the lawful process and does not create some sort of expedited path to citizenship. most political analysts say the reas it's still kicking is because the president chosen not to meddle in the process. immigration, without a question, he's a lame duck. next up, the sequester. the se
because the debt ceiling issue is a lite ambiguous. talk of the president's lame duck status ramped up in april, when it's bush for gun control and it failed. so the debt ceiling, 'll put this over here. i think it still makeshim relevant. the push for gun control failed, so gun control, this isn't helping the president in his persisnce isn't helping him. gun control is definitely a la duck. immigration reform, the legislation is still alive but not in the form he envisioned. the llgislation is...
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i think that it is almost unimaginable that we would not address the debt ceiling issue but it was almost unimaginable we let the government shutdown when every leader in the party said it was the wrong thing to do. i just hope we can -- that some sanity will prevail by the 17th. raysre you pulling for the or the sox? >>i rooted for the red sox because i did not like the yankees. [applause] i love the red sox. the enemy of my enemy is my friend. i will put it this way. that is why i root for the boston red sox, ok? also my grandson who was up here in boston, he walks around with his big red sox shirt. and a a big red sox fan. met fan, too the worst reception i ever got was two years ago at the clover club in boston. it was a bunch of irish guys. no women in a big hotel room on a saturday night. it was the week for the super bowl. i basically stood up and went into a whole thing about how the --ants were going to be the beat thepatriots and i never saw so much hatred coming from a crowd of people. the booing and the shouting. there are calling the police for extra detail to get me out of t
i think that it is almost unimaginable that we would not address the debt ceiling issue but it was almost unimaginable we let the government shutdown when every leader in the party said it was the wrong thing to do. i just hope we can -- that some sanity will prevail by the 17th. raysre you pulling for the or the sox? >>i rooted for the red sox because i did not like the yankees. [applause] i love the red sox. the enemy of my enemy is my friend. i will put it this way. that is why i root...
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it's this debt ceiling issue that keeps coming back. the defaults and by far and away the most serious. the reason is very simple to understand. the u.s. debt is the back bone of the global economy. and there are trillions and trillions of dollars. 16 trillion. 13 trillion from the u.s. treasury. several more trillion in various other assets and backed securities. and they are the pillars holding up, if you like, the entire global financial system. now, michael and suzanne, if i say to you, look, i'm not going to pay back my debt to you. you'll say, thank you very much. that's the last time we lend you any money. and nobody really cares much ta tab. but if the u.s. government does this it's as if you're being told the sun isn't fliegtz east. it's as if you're being told that the earth is no longer round. and it's as if you're being told that gravity no longer exists. the financial world relies upon. >> so in light of all of those comparisons, i mean, investors outside of the united states must be pretty concerned. you're talking about t
it's this debt ceiling issue that keeps coming back. the defaults and by far and away the most serious. the reason is very simple to understand. the u.s. debt is the back bone of the global economy. and there are trillions and trillions of dollars. 16 trillion. 13 trillion from the u.s. treasury. several more trillion in various other assets and backed securities. and they are the pillars holding up, if you like, the entire global financial system. now, michael and suzanne, if i say to you,...
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again, i think that it's almost unimaginable that we wouldn't address the debt ceiling issue. but it was almost unimaginable that we let the government shutdown every leader of the party said it's the wrong thing to do. it still happened. so i hope that we can -- some sanity will prevail by the 17th. another. >> tv 13 nashua, are you pulling for the rays or the sox? >> i rooted for the red sox over the years because i don't like the yankees. i was a brooklyn dodger and met fan. so [ applause ] so it's -- i love the red sox. i put it this way. the enemy of my enemy is my friend. so that's why i root for the gones red sox. also my -- my grandson up here in fenway park. he walks around with the big puppy shirt on, red sox shirt. he was happy. he's a big red sox fan. and a mets fan too. i don't want to sell new york out. i did speak to -- i did -- the worst reception i ever got when i was speaking two years ago was the gloefr club in boston, a bunch of irish guys, a bunch of irish guy, no women in the big hotel on a saturday night. and it was the week before the super bowl. and so
again, i think that it's almost unimaginable that we wouldn't address the debt ceiling issue. but it was almost unimaginable that we let the government shutdown every leader of the party said it's the wrong thing to do. it still happened. so i hope that we can -- some sanity will prevail by the 17th. another. >> tv 13 nashua, are you pulling for the rays or the sox? >> i rooted for the red sox over the years because i don't like the yankees. i was a brooklyn dodger and met fan. so [...
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the minute there was movement on the debt ceiling issue, this huge sigh of relief, it's safe to go buy stocks and bonds again, and setting to the side the bigger problems in the economy that the shutdown is. our coverage, we focused a lot on yes, government employees who are furloughed and, you know, restaurants that are offering specials for people. but you can already see it rippling through the consumer economy. you know, car sales were actually not very strong in september. retail sales not looking so hot. you look at polls of consumer sentiment. we're seven weeks from black friday, and consumers are all of a sudden very pessimistic. i don't think that bodes very well for the holiday shopping season. >> mr. dan gross, appreciate it, sir. >> anytime. >> coming up, "crossfire" host s.e. cupp, a conservative, said she's losing patience with tactics by some republicans over obama care. s.e. cupp joins me live, along with democrat chris kofinis. it's a debate you'll want to hear. i'm serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [
the minute there was movement on the debt ceiling issue, this huge sigh of relief, it's safe to go buy stocks and bonds again, and setting to the side the bigger problems in the economy that the shutdown is. our coverage, we focused a lot on yes, government employees who are furloughed and, you know, restaurants that are offering specials for people. but you can already see it rippling through the consumer economy. you know, car sales were actually not very strong in september. retail sales not...
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the bill represents a huge change on the debt ceiling issue, and hands the president his second major win in a month. and it shows that the republicans are in full-on retreat on fiscal policy. >> joining me now, msnbc's ezra klein, ezra, i didn't see this one coming, did you? >> i'm going to say i actually did. the day after the fiscal cliff, i said the republicans are going to fold o-- >> well, i don't mean fold, make -- >> make it go away? >> this particular way of doing it. >> well, i love the idea, i think the only problem with the suspend the debt ceiling and make it go away, is a three-month part, suspend it. but the no pay, is getting misreported. i imagine this is part of the 27th amendment you point out, it is not no budget, no pay. if they don't pass a budget they don't get paid until the final day of the session. it is no budget, you get paid later. but you get all of your money kept in an escrow account, all handed to you on the last day of the session. it is not the same as no budget, no pay. just one more thing about the bill that is not quite on the level. >> and it is
the bill represents a huge change on the debt ceiling issue, and hands the president his second major win in a month. and it shows that the republicans are in full-on retreat on fiscal policy. >> joining me now, msnbc's ezra klein, ezra, i didn't see this one coming, did you? >> i'm going to say i actually did. the day after the fiscal cliff, i said the republicans are going to fold o-- >> well, i don't mean fold, make -- >> make it go away? >> this particular way...
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ceiling as the point to which to make cuts. there are other issues coming up like the continuing resolution and sequester cuts where they would like to make their last stand there for cutting getting spending cuts and allow on temporary extension without not much attached to it. >> heather: let's talk about the economy. the president starts his new term. less than 1% rate it as excellent. 9% say it's good shape. that is up a touch from his first inauguration but 91% of voters say economic conditions negatively today. why are we here again? >> you have to wonder. i point you back to november the conditions haven't changed all that much in two months. i would imagine that those exact numbers were the same on election day, and the american people not only re-elected the president but gave us the same senate in the house as we had before. so as much as they are saying economy isn't going well, when they had an opportunity to change things they voted for more of the same. >> heather: you mentioned congress, finally two polls dealing
ceiling as the point to which to make cuts. there are other issues coming up like the continuing resolution and sequester cuts where they would like to make their last stand there for cutting getting spending cuts and allow on temporary extension without not much attached to it. >> heather: let's talk about the economy. the president starts his new term. less than 1% rate it as excellent. 9% say it's good shape. that is up a touch from his first inauguration but 91% of voters say economic...
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ceiling debate to kill the health care bill? >> judy, i have to tell you, i find such language to be very sad and very inappropriate for the issues and the severity of the issues that are facing our country. i am every single day talking with and working with people in my district who are seeing their health care insurance cost go up. five times. 105%. 300%. that are getting pay cuts that are losing 40-hour work weeks. that having to work two and three jobs. this is the very real impact of this law. and what we are seeking to do is to soften that blow to the american people, keep the federal government open. soften the blow to the american people. help work through these issues. so that health reform is done in a way that it preserves access to affordable health care for all america and people are not disenfrashed. >>woodruff: is this intraparty fight, is it the fight with the democrats in the white house,. >> it is very clearly a fight with the democrats and the white house. we are sending back over to them another proposal tha
ceiling debate to kill the health care bill? >> judy, i have to tell you, i find such language to be very sad and very inappropriate for the issues and the severity of the issues that are facing our country. i am every single day talking with and working with people in my district who are seeing their health care insurance cost go up. five times. 105%. 300%. that are getting pay cuts that are losing 40-hour work weeks. that having to work two and three jobs. this is the very real impact...
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less hopeful news, no signs that either side is bundling over the shutdown or the debt ceiling issue. we're now ten days away of the government's default on its bills and obligations. just listen to what john boehner told abc about a clean or unconditional debt ceiling increase. >> we are not going to pass a clean debt limit increase. i told the president, there's no way we're going to pass. the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. and the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us. >> so under no circumstances will you pass a clean debt limit? >> we are not going down that path. >> boehner says he also lacks the votes needed to pass a clean government funding bill to keep the government open. but if you ask the house minority leader, she says she has 197 democrats that would sign on and a whole bunch of republicans that she didn't name. and they say they're not going to negotiate on obama care or anything else with a government shutdown and risking the de faumts on our debts. so speaker boehner acknowledges that he and harry reid all but did a
less hopeful news, no signs that either side is bundling over the shutdown or the debt ceiling issue. we're now ten days away of the government's default on its bills and obligations. just listen to what john boehner told abc about a clean or unconditional debt ceiling increase. >> we are not going to pass a clean debt limit increase. i told the president, there's no way we're going to pass. the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. and the president is risking default by...
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the the debt ceiling is coming and you you had the spectacle of lloyd blankfein press the president goldman sachs day before yesterday at the white house talking to reporters saying you know i don't want to see this happen it's never happen in the history of america i don't want to be part of the generation that sees it happen if what an irony really but the democrats are talking about now and republicans as well let's take the debt ceiling and this you know close reopen the government and you know give us a fig leaf you know maybe a chain c.p.i. or something and we'll put it all into one bill and we'll roll it out until may be november or something or maybe i don't know maybe just a month. to say that we can fight this fight all over again how do you see that playing out and you think that there really crazy enough to play with the full faith and credit united states government and if so should the president vote the fourteenth amendment well they absolutely are crazy enough that answers part of it but don't again i don't. the republican this thing this amorphous party that i get i can't d
the the debt ceiling is coming and you you had the spectacle of lloyd blankfein press the president goldman sachs day before yesterday at the white house talking to reporters saying you know i don't want to see this happen it's never happen in the history of america i don't want to be part of the generation that sees it happen if what an irony really but the democrats are talking about now and republicans as well let's take the debt ceiling and this you know close reopen the government and you...
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ceiling issue is there. trying to sort of shift the rhetoric so it isn't all about, which republicans are trying to frame it, hey, the president won't negotiate, the president trying to push back on that talking point. i'm more than willing to negotiate just not under these preconditions that republicans want. i think it's notable you see a different tone and a little bit different emphasis on this second week. it tells me that perhaps some of the republican talking points beating him up collectively on the idea he's not willing to negotiate is something they felt the need they had to push back on. >> chris cillizza, the logical negotiation would be accept sequester levels, something close to sequester levels for more than six weeks, accept the sequester levels going forward, which is what the the republicans want and put something on the table in terms of entitlement reform, which the president without on the table in his own budget. to adjust sequester level and entitlement reforms to come up with budget s
ceiling issue is there. trying to sort of shift the rhetoric so it isn't all about, which republicans are trying to frame it, hey, the president won't negotiate, the president trying to push back on that talking point. i'm more than willing to negotiate just not under these preconditions that republicans want. i think it's notable you see a different tone and a little bit different emphasis on this second week. it tells me that perhaps some of the republican talking points beating him up...
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problem, particularly the debt ceiling, then so be it. >> so no feelings hurt. how does all this disarray in washington make the u.s. look to asia? >> well, i think the optics are important. if you see the united states sort of involved looking inward, trying to sort out a lot of its pick problems and then you see this political chaos, if you will that's going on, then there is this question, is the united states as engaged in east asia as they should be. now, of course, on the background, what's going on now, you have the chinese president doing a tour of southeast asia, and he's been addressing the indonesian parliament. he's been talking to his counter parts in key southeast asian countries, and he's been bringing up proposals, making proposals that are attracting a lot of attention, particularly for example, he's recently made a proposal about a supporting an asian infrastructure development bank. it is an important issue for southeast asian countries trying to deepen their integration. infrastructure is an important part of that. if the chinese say we'll su
problem, particularly the debt ceiling, then so be it. >> so no feelings hurt. how does all this disarray in washington make the u.s. look to asia? >> well, i think the optics are important. if you see the united states sort of involved looking inward, trying to sort out a lot of its pick problems and then you see this political chaos, if you will that's going on, then there is this question, is the united states as engaged in east asia as they should be. now, of course, on the...
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> if congress doesn't pass this debt ceiling in the next few weeks, the united states will default on its obligations. that's never happened in american history. basically, america becomes a dead beat. we can't just not pay our bills. >> woodruff: the treasury projects the borrowing limit could be reached by late october. and in the other news of this day, the showdown in washington sparked a sell-off on wall street. the dow jones industrial average lost 185 points to close at 15,451. the nasdaq fell 14 points to close at 3,774. for the week, the dow gained about half a percent. the nasdaq rose 1.5%. the obama administration has laid out the first national limits on carbon pollution from power plants. under the proposal, new coal- fired plants would have to prevent up to half their carbon dioxide from escaping into the atmosphere. the power industry condemned the plan; environmental groups welcomed it. we'll have more on this in a moment. chicago police fanned out today, hunting culprits in a shooting that wounded 13 people in a city park. the youngest-- a three-year-old boy-- remains
> if congress doesn't pass this debt ceiling in the next few weeks, the united states will default on its obligations. that's never happened in american history. basically, america becomes a dead beat. we can't just not pay our bills. >> woodruff: the treasury projects the borrowing limit could be reached by late october. and in the other news of this day, the showdown in washington sparked a sell-off on wall street. the dow jones industrial average lost 185 points to close at 15,451....
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ceiling issues and we have to ask the simple question, when people say what did you do to defend this. if we say we did nothing, we just continued to raise it year after year and never tried to stand in the way and fix it, they would hold us to account then. we're trying to -- what's interesting, there is this whole guessing game of how far along are we, how bad is it. it's kind of like you're playing a football game, you're 21 points behind in a football game but you can't decide if you're in the first quarter or the last two minutes. a lot of republicans feel like we're really getting into a critical moment here, over 100% of debt to gdp right now and our debt, we continue to accelerate and our deficits here. we have to find a way to solve this and stabilize it. if we feel like this is a critical moment, we need to resolve it, but yet there are democrats saying keep going, keep going, this is not an issue, this is not a problem, harry reid saying what was that a year ago when he said i'm not going to talk about social security another two decades, we look and say better to solve it
ceiling issues and we have to ask the simple question, when people say what did you do to defend this. if we say we did nothing, we just continued to raise it year after year and never tried to stand in the way and fix it, they would hold us to account then. we're trying to -- what's interesting, there is this whole guessing game of how far along are we, how bad is it. it's kind of like you're playing a football game, you're 21 points behind in a football game but you can't decide if you're in...